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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring

Mohammed Samaana

Israel and its hard line supporters have long relied on weaponizing charges of antisemitism to silence critics

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

03/06/2026 By Juan Cole

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

03/06/2026 By Al-Shabaka

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Iraqis Celebrate being Free of US Troops, Fear US Meddling

Iraqis Celebrate being Free of US Troops, Fear US Meddling

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq held a rally in a sports stadium on Saturday to celebrate Iraq being free of US troops. He declared […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
New Year's 2012 in Tahrir Square, Egypt

New Year’s 2012 in Tahrir Square, Egypt

New Year’s in Tahrir Square, Cairo: The leftist crowd begins by singing the national anthem. Then a woman revolutionary calls out, “Bread, Freedom and social […]

Juan Cole

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New Year's in Dubai 2012

New Year’s in Dubai 2012

New Year’s in Dubai

Juan Cole

Arab World
2011: End of US Hyperpower & its War with Islamdom

2011: End of US Hyperpower & its War with Islamdom

Some years are pivotal and serve to mark off eras of history. 2011 saw the end of American hyperpower, and it announced the end of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Myths about the Arab Spring of 2011

Top Ten Myths about the Arab Spring of 2011

1. The upheavals of 2011 were provoked by the Bush administration’s overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq Bzzt! Wrong answer. None of the young people […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Gascoigne:  Syria, the Invisible Massacre

Gascoigne: Syria, the Invisible Massacre

Martin Gascoigne writes in a guest essay for Informed Comment The ongoing conflict in Syria, in a year of tremulous conflict across the region and […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Blogger-Activist Alaa on Democracy Now!

Egyptian Blogger-Activist Alaa on Democracy Now!

Amy Goodman interviews Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who was recently released from jail, on Democracy Now! @Alaa is a renowned leftist blogger […]

Juan Cole

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Christian Priests Brawl at Jesus' Birthplace

Christian Priests Brawl at Jesus’ Birthplace

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem has now seen its annual brawl between Armenian and Eastern Orthodox priests, who are jointly responsible for its […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Court orders Military to Cease Virginity Tests

Egyptian Court orders Military to Cease Virginity Tests

An Egyptian court has ordered the Egyptian military to cease subjecting arrested female protesters to virginity tests. The ruling is a strike for women’s rights, […]

Juan Cole

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